Improvement in spark-arresters



IMPROVEMENT IN CONE SPARK CATCHER AND CONSU E v I Pmmn JAN 101871 INVENTQ. 14

non fine new on Letters Patent No.110,8il0, dntedJannlary 10, 1871. p

- llVlPROV'ElVlENT n sPAeK-ARnEsrERsQ The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, DARWIN BEACH, of Oshkosh,

of the countypof Winnebago and State of Wisconsin,

have invented a new and useful improvement in Spark-v Arr-esters; and I do hereby decla re' that the following .is afull clear, and exact -deseziption-thereof, which 'will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make a nduseithe'seme, reference being had to the accompanying drawing formin-g'zpgtrt of this specification i This invention relates to e new and useful improvement in spark-nrresters, for, the purpose of returning sparks, 'cinders, and other products of combustion 1111-. 4 consumedv to the fire-box,.or ,ash-.pan, or any other receptacle; and

The invention consists in the. introduction of n chamher orhood on the top'of a. smoke-stack, in which is hnnga 'defiect'cr.- Said chamber is connected by flues, one on each side of the Smokestack, extending over .nnd outside of a larger cone or'deflectoly'ond thence" to the ash-pit or receptacle; and further, in placing within the up-take a conicalwire or perforated screen, aswillhereinafter he more fully-described, in which Figure 1 in the accompanying drawing'is'a front elevation.

Figure 2- is-a sectional elevation of the same.

Figure 3'is a sectional elevation of the conical wire or perforated screen set in an up-tcke, with its connections.

Similar parts. v I,

A is an ordinary smoke-stack;

letters of reference indicate corresponding 1 B represents a conical deflector or concentrator, tapering to the top, where it is open.

Immediately over saidopening is hung it small deflector, F, in the spark-chamber C, said spark-charm her 0 forminga-connection with the return-fines D "5'- 1), which return the 'spzifks'or other products of coin bus'tiou .t0- the ash-pit-or fire-box, where they are mostly consumed.

I is a, wire or perforated screen attached to the up-lp'erend of the smoke-stack A, extending up and into the cone or deflector Bfor the purpose'of allowing the smoke to pass through, and atmthe same time convey the sparks, cinders, 8m, up to and into the spark- 'cliambe1'G,\vhen they are forced down the returnfines D D by the force gof the exhaust steam and draught into the receptncie; B, in fig. 3, represents nnother form in which my invention may be carried but without departing from H the spirit of my invention.

Having -hus fully described the operation ofmy invention, i Y

What I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Lett'ers Bctent', isg I In combination with the smoke-stack A, deflector construction and conical deflector B, spark-chamber O on top or set in the up-teke A, return-Hues D D, and wire or perforated cone B, s'u-hstantinl-l y as shown and described.-

Witnesses:

Onvrimn BEACH, WM. P. WAmvIcIr. 

